7 months, feeling life again
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7 months, feeling life again
welp, it’s been 7 months. Sometimes that feels like forever , other times not so much.
in the past two days my stomach has finally mellowed out. Not sure why it took so long. More than likely all the coffee and monsters.
still smoking cigarettes but plan to address it soon.
so if you would have told me ten years ago that not drinking would push me to a lead tech position at work , help me pay off my truck and buy a boat , and actually feel like for what it is ......well I probably still would have drank another ten years.
but here we are now and it’s almost like along with sobriety things just started falling into place. I haven’t had very many cravings the past few months. It’s actually fun to get a little frustrated at work or life and not have booze as my relief. My days are much more enjoyable and go by much faster now. Work is fun again. No groggy trouble shooting at work I can be clear headed. While I haven’t really been posting I felt like I should because things like this helped me in the beginning and hopefully my words help someone else.
later guys....
in the past two days my stomach has finally mellowed out. Not sure why it took so long. More than likely all the coffee and monsters.
still smoking cigarettes but plan to address it soon.
so if you would have told me ten years ago that not drinking would push me to a lead tech position at work , help me pay off my truck and buy a boat , and actually feel like for what it is ......well I probably still would have drank another ten years.
but here we are now and it’s almost like along with sobriety things just started falling into place. I haven’t had very many cravings the past few months. It’s actually fun to get a little frustrated at work or life and not have booze as my relief. My days are much more enjoyable and go by much faster now. Work is fun again. No groggy trouble shooting at work I can be clear headed. While I haven’t really been posting I felt like I should because things like this helped me in the beginning and hopefully my words help someone else.
later guys....
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Originally Posted by Notsodrunk 
welp, it’s been 7 months. Sometimes that feels like forever , other times not so much.
in the past two days my stomach has finally mellowed out. Not sure why it took so long. More than likely all the coffee and monsters.
still smoking cigarettes but plan to address it soon.
so if you would have told me ten years ago that not drinking would push me to a lead tech position at work , help me pay off my truck and buy a boat , and actually feel like for what it is ......well I probably still would have drank another ten years.
but here we are now and it’s almost like along with sobriety things just started falling into place. I haven’t had very many cravings the past few months. It’s actually fun to get a little frustrated at work or life and not have booze as my relief. My days are much more enjoyable and go by much faster now. Work is fun again. No groggy trouble shooting at work I can be clear headed. While I haven’t really been posting I felt like I should because things like this helped me in the beginning and hopefully my words help someone else.
later guys....
in the past two days my stomach has finally mellowed out. Not sure why it took so long. More than likely all the coffee and monsters.
still smoking cigarettes but plan to address it soon.
so if you would have told me ten years ago that not drinking would push me to a lead tech position at work , help me pay off my truck and buy a boat , and actually feel like for what it is ......well I probably still would have drank another ten years.
but here we are now and it’s almost like along with sobriety things just started falling into place. I haven’t had very many cravings the past few months. It’s actually fun to get a little frustrated at work or life and not have booze as my relief. My days are much more enjoyable and go by much faster now. Work is fun again. No groggy trouble shooting at work I can be clear headed. While I haven’t really been posting I felt like I should because things like this helped me in the beginning and hopefully my words help someone else.
later guys....
I used to get bad edema in my legs from drinking and sitting at the computer. That's gone completely. My acne has gone. My hair looks healthy. When I take a photo of myself I no longer have blotches or redness. My nose used to get so red.
Same as you with smoking lol! One thing at a time though.
Well done mate! I am very happy for you.
You seem further ahead than I in terms of productivity and drive. I'm getting there. I'm a tech guy too, I write software. Coding drunk was never a good idea and I can't believe I did it for so long. You know how some people get drunk and get big headed? I used to think I was a God programmer and hacker and I did some pretty bad stuff in terms of hacking that led me into jail as a result of alcohol. Showing off drunk :S
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